Matthew Sylvester
Writing
Warriors: Past to Present – A writer’s reference, and a writing challenge – Part 1 – Huscarl 1066
The amazing photographer, Thom Atkinson has recently published what he calls ‘Soldiers Inventories’ on his website. It’s annoyingly close to a book/documentary that I was putting a pitch together for (although I still shall!) and the photography is gorgeous. This is a fabulous resource for budding authors who want to write either historical fiction, historical … Continue reading
Potatoes – Well & Truly Sporked feedback
Writing is a cool thing to do. You have an idea, you write a story, poem or essay about it and you publish it (whichever way you want to, doesn’t matter). People then read it. However, many people can read something without ever letting you know that they actually liked it. Which is the uncool … Continue reading
Film people – I need your help
There’s a thing that a number of friends and I do on the odd Friday that we call #manfriday. No, we don’t do the hashtag thing (much), but it is a night when our respective partners boot us out of the house and we eat fine ales and whiskeys, amazing steaks and talk shit. Plus … Continue reading
I actually WROTE last night
I’ve set myself a daily 1000 word target. Every night so far I have hit or exceeded that, with the result that I’m ahead. The book that I’m writing will hopefully be a 75,000 word children’s novel and will tell the adventures of the airship Merry Sue and her crew – the one-eyed gnome bounty … Continue reading
Where I try to draw concepts for my next novel
Believe it or not, I can’t draw. However, I can draw well enough to enable the ‘lucky’ artist chosen to turn these images into reality and actually look fairly decent. Added to the descriptions from the text and the fluff for the Two Pistols Pariah universe, I’m hoping that these will look absolutely epic. Or … Continue reading
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